Some of you may know that the Society for Neuroscience and the American Institute of Architects have a joint collaborative project which is called The Academy of Neuroscience for Architecture (www. ANFArch.org). It is based in La Jolla and is closely tied with our two sister institutes, NSI and Salk. Over the last two years, I have become increasingly involved in this collaborative venture–which loosely–is interested in the notion of using knowledge gleaned from neuroscience research to improve architectural practice. This summer we’ll be attending a workshop at the National Academy of Science’s summer digs in Woods Hole to look at the whole idea of using neuroscience to design better hospitals and health care facilities–something I know our Advisory Board members are interested in.
This summer we’re going to all get a closer look at this new Institute because they are going to be involved in the Krasnow Expansion Project. More on that tomorrow….
Discoverers and Discoveries 